Here are a few data points.
OK. at my peril I offer the
following. If the antenna in question is a 1/4 wave
vertical tapered blade with a "box" base. As I recall it
has an N connector.. maybe. I believe, the painted,
copper or brass glove over the wood blade fully covered
the blade down to the "box" but insulated. Again, as I
recall there were two strips that provided connection.
There is a mounting bolt pattern for attachment through
the airframe. My direct experience, as a neophyte, was in
about 1958. I recall paying a few dollars for mine. I
also, actually, saw one installed in a sedan outside the
same ham store. The gentleman had cut a hole in the car
roof. I saw it... W3NJT. George Pasquale, owned the store
and was a reserve TWA radio op and navigator.
Jeep
K3HVG
Anybody have experience with the AN/104 aircraft radio
antenna used by the USN, USAAF and USAF ? I have one that
I’d like to use on the TBM Avenger. The question I have
concerns the way the antenna is built. On the example I
have, the antenna is mostly made out of wood ( looks like
oak ) with some sort of thin metal sheathing ( aluminum?)
covering some of the wood. The sheathing appears to be
very worn. The questions I hardware these: has anybody
seen these antennas when they were new? How much of the
antenna mast is covered with metal? If this metal is
sheathing, how was it fixed to the mast? Does anybody have
clear pictures of an unused AN/104 ?
73
Mark D